Officials ordered to speed up land acquisition process

Karimnagar: At a review meeting with RDOs and Irrigation Department engineers at the collectorate here on Monday, District Collector Sarfaraz Ahmed asked officials to speed up the process of land acquisition to enable early completion of projects taken up by the State government to provide water to all villages.

He directed officials of the concerned departments to acquire the land by talking to farmers and asked officials to issue incentives to farmers who are reluctant to give their lands. He also instructed them to fix the land rate based on the local price and prepare advertisements and publish them in the newspapers.

The Collector also conducted the review meeting with the survey and land records officials to discuss Manair riverfront project and instructed them to complete survey works and enquired about the cost of the land and other details. The Collector instructed the RDO to send proposals to the State government for funds.